Fantasy

Faerie WarsHerbie Brennan

While visiting old Mr. Fogarty, Henry comes upon Prince Pyrgus Malvae, who has escaped the Faerie realm, where the Faeries of the Night want to kill him. Mr. Fogarty and Henry decide to help the prince return home. It's a complex situation involving an evil demon, two greedy glue factory owners, and Lord Hairstreak, leader of the Faeries of the Night, each with their own personal agenda.

The Demon's LexiconSarah Rees Brennan

The only person Nick can rely on is Alan, his protective older brother. But Alan is marked with a demon sign that means death, and the only way to erase it is to kill a magician. As Nick and Alan play a deadly game of cat and mouse, Nick begins to suspect that everything his brother has told him is a lie. Not knowing who to trust, he walks into a trap – and a revelation that changes everything he believes.

Dragon's KeepJanet Lee Carey

Princess Rosalind was born with a dragon claw where her ring finger should be. To hide it, she is forced to wear gloves until she can fulfill the prophecy that will restore her family to its throne. But her flaw can't be separated from her fate. When she is carried off by a dragon, everything she thought she knew falls apart.

Artemis FowlEoin Colfer

12-year-old Artemis is a millionaire, a genius, and a criminal mastermind. But he doesn’t know what he’s taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren’t the fairies of bedtime stories; they're armed and dangerous. Artemis thinks he has them cornered – but then they stop playing by the rules.

The Blue GirlCharles de Lint

Imogene jumps at the chance to lose her bad-girl reputation when her family moves to a new town. She lays low at school, only making friends with shy, studious Maxine. Then she meets Adrian, the ghost of a boy who died in the school's parking lot. They attract the attention of Redding High's resident Little People. Angered by Imogene's lack of belief in them, the fairies pull a wicked prank that will not only turn Imogene blue from head to toe, but pit her, Adrian, and Maxine against the frightening, soul-sucking Anamithims.

So You Want to Be a WizardDiane Duane

Because she fights with words instead of her fists, 13-year-old Nita is tormented by a gang of classmates. One day she hides in the only safe place nearby: the library. When a book about wizardry catches her eye, Nita finds the help she needs in its pages. Soon, stepping through a worldgate, she enters a shadowy city swirling with vicious taxicabs and carnivorous fireplugs. What begins as a simple quest quickly becomes a struggle to keep a powerful and ominous force from passing back into Nita's world.

The Sea of TrollsNancy Farmer

Rampaging Northmen (the polite term for Vikings) pass through a Saxon village and enslave two of its residents: an 11-year-old apprentice mage and his 5-year-old sister. When Jack offends the Northmen's touchy queen, she threatens to kill his sister unless he reverses a misfired spell--a task that requires a journey deep into icy troll country.

TunnelsRoderick Gordon

Will Burrows has little in common with his family. The only bond he shares with his father is a passion for archaeological excavation. When Dad vanishes, Will is compelled to dig up the truth behind his disappearance. He unearths the unbelievable: a secret subterranean society. "The Colony" is ruled by a cultlike overclass, the Styx. Before long, and before he can find his father, Will is their prisoner.

The Witch's BoyMichael Gruber

They call him Lump. Ugly, misshapen, abandoned as a child, he is taken in by a witch; his only playmates are the forest creatures, whose language he speaks. But when Lump stumbles into the human world, his innocence is no match for people's cruelty, which turns his heart to stone, and fuels a vengeance that places him and his witch mother in deadly peril.

A Stir of Bones Nina Kiriki Hoffman

Susan seems to have a charmed life, but she has dangerous secrets. When she hears some kids talking about exploring a haunted house, Susan asks to join them, even though she knows what might happen if she gets caught. The teenagers discover that there is a ghost, and the house itself is a living, supernatural thing. With the help of five new friends – three humans, one ghost, and one House – Susan has what she needs to build a new life, if she dares.

SabrielGarth Nix

Sabriel has little experience with dangerous Free Magic or the Dead who refuse to stay dead in the Old Kingdom. But when her father, a necromancer, goes missing, Sabriel knows she must find him. She soon meets Mogget, a sarcastic not-exactly-cat, and Touchstone, a young mage long imprisoned by magic. As they travel, threats mount on all sides. And every step brings them closer to a battle that will pit them against the true forces of life and death, and bring Sabriel face-to-face with her own destiny.

The Wee Free MenTerry Pratchett

Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home from the monsters of Fairyland. Luckily, she has some very unusual help: the local Nac Mac Feegle, a.k.a the Wee Free Men, a clan of fierce, sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men. Together they must face headless horsemen, ferocious grimhounds, terrifying nightmares come true, and the sinister Queen of the Elves herself.

The Golden CompassPhilip Pullman

Lyra is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon familiar always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle of Gobblers and stolen children, witch clans and armored bears. And as she hurtles toward danger in the cold far North, Lyra never suspects the shocking truth: she is destined to win - or lose - this more-than-mortal battle.

The HobbitJ.R.R. Tolkien

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit with a comfortable life. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a group of dwarves arrive on his doorstep. They plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug, a large, dangerous dragon. Bilbo joins their quest, unaware that on his journey he will encounter a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum.